(French) Theory: An Anti-American American Invention
François Cusset (French) Theory: An Anti-American American Invention If French Theory is American, it is so in the sense of being an errant concept, caught…
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American French-ness: The American Appropriation of Contemporary French Philosophy
Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte American French-ness: The American Appropriation of Contemporary French Philosophy From the early seventies onwards, a variety of philosophical theories produced in…
Towards an Architectural Theology: An Appropriation of Thought Between Tillich and Mies
Image: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Chicago Federal Center Mike Grimshaw Towards an Architectural Theology: An Appropriation of Thought Between Tillich and Mies Paul Tillich…
Sigmund Freud’s America
Philip Alcabes Sigmund Freud’s America Freudian thought has been embraced, actuated, and exemplified in contemporary America. This essay explicates four features of the trans-Atlantic instantiation…
Albanian Softshoe: Addressing American Issues via the Most Anti-American Country
Image: The Children of the Planet Saturn, Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678) Anxhela Hoxha-Çikopano Albanian Softshoe: Addressing American Issues via the Most Anti-American Country In 1985,…
Beyond Appropriation: Art Tatum Taps into Infinity
Judith Ellis Beyond Appropriation: Art Tatum Taps into Infinity As the tracing of beginnings is a dubious task in the writing of history and the…